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The following info is extracted from FamilySearch.org. Click on the links to search. Collection – Number of Records – Date Posted or Updated BillionGraves Index – 25,551,766 – Aug 1, 2018 Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981 – 1,114,946 – Jul 31, 2018 Continue reading New & Updated FamilySearch Databases Posted July 25 through 31, 2018
The following is from FamilySearch: You can now access newly published indexed death records in Oregon, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Also, check out the indexed German civil registrations as well as the millions of new digital images available for GenealogyBank obituaries, Continue reading New Historic Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch.org the Week of October 31, 2016
I’ve been a GenealogyBank fan since before their conception (that’s another story). I absolutely love our access to online newspapers – and GenealogyBank does a great job with it. I got an email this morning with an announcement that GenealogyBank Continue reading GenealogyBank Adds “My Folder” with Search Saving Capability
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch adds more than 37.9 million indexed records and images to Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Italy, South Africa, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 24,405,544 indexed records and 1,244,622 images Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 37.9 Million Indexed Records & Images to Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Italy, South Africa, & the USA
Over the years I’ve continued to collect what little information I could find on my third-great-grandfather, Gold Canfield. He died in 1814 in the War of 1812, having frozen his arm while on guard duty in Harlem Heights, New York. Continue reading Lots of Robertson Cousins Found in an 1896 Obituary this Morning & GenealogyBank Annual Subs for only $48.95!
The following article was written by my good friend, Tom Kemp: Searching Newspaper ‘Local Briefs’ – Family History Gems that make Local Briefs Essential to your Family History Research. Experienced genealogists rely on historical newspapers, tracking down obituaries, birth announcements Continue reading Searching Newspaper ‘Local Briefs’
The following article is by my friend, Tom Kemp. “Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar, all who love obits stand up and holler!” That is probably not the way you heard that cheer in school, but genealogists sure Continue reading Newspapers: Obituaries and Death Records Provide a Wealth of Family History
The following article was written, by my friend, Tom Kemp: Genealogists are hungry for details about the lives of our ancestors, information that can only be found in newspapers. To get to know our ancestors better—the lives they lived, their Continue reading Newspapers: The Key to Documenting Your Family History
The following newspaper titles were recently added to the family history archives found in GenealogyBank.com and ObitsArchive.com. They recently added more than 104 newspapers from 35 states – over 130 million new articles. ObitsArchive.com NEW CONTENT: (1977 to present day) Continue reading New at GenealogyBank.com
I got a note from my friend, Tom Kemp, this morning, apprising me of the fact that GenealogyBank.com is now up to over 280 African-American newspapers in their online offerings. The following is from the website: This fully searchable and Continue reading African American Newspapers 1827-1999 Added at GenealogyBank.com
Tom Kemp just posted a blog with a copy of Michael Jackson‘s Social Security Death Index info. GenealogyBank already has the data up, as they update their SS Death Index every week. The data from GenealogyBank’s Database is as follows: Continue reading Michael Jackson’s Social Security Death Index Entry
Tom Kemp is reporting the passing of genealogist Linda Fay Kaufman, on his GenealogyBank blog. “She put her family history research online and actively corresponded with genealogists across the country. A search of the genealogy lists shows her posts as Continue reading Genealogist Linda Fay Kaufman Passes On – 1940-2009
The following digitized newspapers are either available or planned at GenealogyBank.com According to Tom’s entry today at the GenealogyBank Blog, “in the months ahead GenealogyBank will be expanding it’s coverage of 9 newspapers from 9 states.” The dates of this Continue reading Expanded Coverage Announced for 9 Different Digitized Historic Newspapers in Nine States at GenealogyBank.
The folks at Readex (a division of NewsBank – the people that bring you GenealogyBank) are making a package of (initially) nine digitized historic newspapers available. The package will be called American Newspaper Archives. It looks to me like new Continue reading Readex Launches American Newspaper Archives